Reevaluate flawed US response in wake of Islamic State attacks
Were the Nov. 13 bombings in Paris a game-changer for the U.S.’s position on the Islamic State?
EDITORIAL: Continue campus dialogue on race issues
In 1969, approximately 70 students gathered in Ford Hall to demand greater representation for black students campus-wide, according to the Department of African and Afro-American Studies. On Friday, students gathered in the Bernstein-Marcus Administration Building as part of the Ford Hall 2015 movement, demanding a swift University response to institutionalized racism on campus, invoking the same imagery and sentiment as those who occupied Ford Hall in 1969.
POINT/COUNTER-POINT: Recognize student groups' First Amendment rights
“The fog of fascism is descending quickly over many American universities.” The preceding statement was made by prominent lawyer Alan Dershowitz on Fox News recently.
POINT/COUNTER-POINT: Academic freedom of speech threatened by campus protests
In the past, I’ve written about the insatiable mob at universities around this country that manufactures crises in an attempt to silence free speech and academic freedom on college campuses.
EDITORIAL: Condemn University’s lack of security
Last Wednesday, the University announced that two desktop computers stolen from the Registrar’s office on Oct.
Views on the News: Mizzou & Yale
Last week, graduate students at the University of Missouri at Columbia protested President Tim Wolfe’s poor handling of racism and racial issues on campus.
Support student fossil fuel divestment efforts at University level
“Wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben.” [Whoever arrives late is punished by life]. Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev supposedly said this to East German leader Erich Honecker after the pompous fortieth anniversary celebrations of the communist German Democratic Republic in October 1989. Less than a month later, the Berlin Wall had fallen, and less than a year later, East Germany had disappeared into the unified Federal Republic of Germany.
Chastise Texas disingenuous female medical practices
Forty-two years ago, the Supreme Court ruled, in a 7-2 decision, that blanket bans on abortion violated the implied right to privacy guaranteed in the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause in the landmark case of Roe v.
EDITORIAL: Celebrate Rose's revival and recent successes
Kim Conaty, the assistant curator of drawings and prints at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, was appointed curator for the Rose Art Museum on Nov.
EDITORIAL: Maintain careful eye on A-board proceedings
On Friday, students voted in favor of an amendment to the Undergraduate Student Union constitution that will expand the size and term lengths of the Allocations Board members, including adding four members to the board, granting year-long and three semester terms to board members and clarifying that the chairperson of the board will be selected to serve a maximum of one term by A-Board members. Since student groups raised concerns over the club funding decision-making process, the Student Union has taken clear action to reform the A-Board.
Views on the News: Nepal elections
On Oct. 28, the Nepalese parliament elected its first female president, Vidya Devi Bhandari, to serve as a ceremonial head.
Condemn African dictators for undermining democracy
“Please explain this to me like I’m a five year old.” I guess this can be said about nearly every decision that I read about African politics, but this one is one of those decisions that makes vomit fill my mouth and the ground below my feet feel shaky. This July, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza stole a third term and changed his country’s constitution despite great opposition from his own party — claiming that his first term did not count on the grounds that he was appointed by Parliament rather than being elected by popular vote.
Democratic dialogue needed on Syria intervention
On Oct. 30, President Obama announced plans to deploy around 50 Special Operations forces to Syria — a decision which, according to an Oct.
Repealing Houston Equal Rights Ordinance denies basic rights
By most measures, 2015 has been a good year for the American LGBTQ community. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality.
Questions at Republican debate lack focus on issues
On Oct. 28, CNBC hosted the highly controversial third Republican presidential debate. The moderators were criticized throughout the night by the candidates for their attempts to have the candidates go on the offensive against each other, their attempt to ask questions about debunked scandals meant to make the candidates look bad instead of discussing important issues and the open contempt that the moderators exuded toward the presidential candidates. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) received the biggest applause of the night, and the highest line score that pollster Frank Luntz said he ever recorded, when he called out CNBC’s moderators and the mainstream media, stating that the “questions asked in this debate illustrate why the American people don’t trust the media ... Donald Trump, are you a comic book villain?
Reconsider Congressional Republicans’ roles in government
For all the talk by pundits and politicians of how Washington, D.C. is “broken” and how “things can’t get done,” congressional Republicans and Democrats sure seem to be proving that notion wrong in the worst of ways.
EDITORIAL: Recognize student divestment attempts
Early last week, students and faculty members representing the group “Brandeis Climate Justice” staged several public events to protest the University’s continued investment in Fossil Fuels.
Views on the News: Foreign aid
On Monday, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit remote areas of northern Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing 364 and injuring over 2,000 more.
EDITORIAL: Applaud Sarkeesian speaking event
When feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian was invited to Utah State University in 2014, her lecture was canceled due to security concerns.
Reevaluate international opinion of Snowden’s actions
Edward Snowden was all over the news when I graduated high school in 2013. It was still surprising, though, when our salutatorian stood up and made his speech about the Snowden case — one in which a former government contracted employee had leaked classified information from the National Security Agency.
Faculty discusses University rankings in the U.S. News and World Report, retention rates and confirmed microcredentials
Berlin Chapel is damaged in electrical fire sending students into action
Opinion: More than Morant
Brandeis announces five new microcredentials for spring semester
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